Source attribution for mercury deposition in the contiguous United States: Regional difference and seasonal variation

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-63

  Lin, Che Jen ^a,b   Shetty, Suraj K ^b   Pan, Li ^b   Pongprueksa, Pruek ^b   Jang, Carey ^c   Chu, Hsing Wei ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Lamar University   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; GENERATOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED NATIONS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STEELMAKING; WASTE INCINERATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELS; INDUSTRIAL COMBUSTION; MAXIMUM AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 84859485934     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2011.622066     Document Type: Article

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